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- Public Hearing To Be Held In Bowling Green Sept .19 To Discuss Fiscal Health Of Kentucky's Rural Hospitals
On Sept. 19 in Bowling Green, state Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen will hold the last of 11 public hearings, which have been held across Kentucky this summer, to talk about the financial health of rural hospitals. These hearings, along with a...
- Appalachian Health Summit To Be Held In Lexington Thursday
Focusing on obesity, a topic that affects most adult Kentuckians, the Appalachian Health Summit will be held Thursday in Lexington. The meeting is designed for clinicians and researchers, but will also be a place for journalists interested in the issue...
- People With Low Health Literacy Are More Likely To Get Sick, Die
Health literacy rates are increasingly gaining the attention of providers, organizations and lawmakers. A new report based on study of medical literature says people who are unable to understand and act on issues related to their own health...
- Health Literacy Is 'at A Tipping Point' As An Issue To Be Confronted, Federal Official Tells Second Kentucky Health Literacy Summit
By Tara Kaprowy, Kentucky Health News BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ? The idea that people will be healthier if they can better navigate the boggy, confusing landscape of health care and insurance is gaining traction in Kentucky ? which, relatively speaking, has...
- Sinai President To Attend President's Town Hall
As immediate past president of the American Heart Association, Sinai Hospital president Neil Meltzer has been a national leader on health care issues and an advocate for health equity. You are invited to tune into President Barack Obama's Town Hall...
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Second summit will shed light on health literacy
The second annual Kentucky Health Literacy Summit will be held in Bowling Green Thursday and Friday.
"The event will raise awareness about low health-literacy skills," The Courier-Journal's Darla Carter reports. "Skills include the ability to fill out forms, find health providers and services, and take medications correctly." It will also shed light on available resources, the patient perspective and practices at work.
Called "Health Literacy in Action," the event will run from noon Thursday to noon Friday at the Holiday Inn University Plaza. It is sponsored by Humana Inc., the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University. (Read more) The event's website is here.
- Public Hearing To Be Held In Bowling Green Sept .19 To Discuss Fiscal Health Of Kentucky's Rural Hospitals
On Sept. 19 in Bowling Green, state Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen will hold the last of 11 public hearings, which have been held across Kentucky this summer, to talk about the financial health of rural hospitals. These hearings, along with a...
- Appalachian Health Summit To Be Held In Lexington Thursday
Focusing on obesity, a topic that affects most adult Kentuckians, the Appalachian Health Summit will be held Thursday in Lexington. The meeting is designed for clinicians and researchers, but will also be a place for journalists interested in the issue...
- People With Low Health Literacy Are More Likely To Get Sick, Die
Health literacy rates are increasingly gaining the attention of providers, organizations and lawmakers. A new report based on study of medical literature says people who are unable to understand and act on issues related to their own health...
- Health Literacy Is 'at A Tipping Point' As An Issue To Be Confronted, Federal Official Tells Second Kentucky Health Literacy Summit
By Tara Kaprowy, Kentucky Health News BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ? The idea that people will be healthier if they can better navigate the boggy, confusing landscape of health care and insurance is gaining traction in Kentucky ? which, relatively speaking, has...
- Sinai President To Attend President's Town Hall
As immediate past president of the American Heart Association, Sinai Hospital president Neil Meltzer has been a national leader on health care issues and an advocate for health equity. You are invited to tune into President Barack Obama's Town Hall...